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Living Scripts
Learning to read the world's writing systems
Games and, in time, sources for reading modern scripts, starting with Devanagari (Hindi), Arabic, Malayalam and Cyrillic (Russian), then Greek, Hangul, Hebrew, Japanese kana, Bengali, Thai, Georgian and Ge'ez. The aim is to read a sign, a menu or a map, not to speak the language.
Games
- Letter Ladder Learn a script a few letters at a time.
- Look-alikes Tell apart the letters easiest to mix up.
- Read the Sign Three real signs a day.
- Loanword Hunt Find the English words hiding in the script.
- Menu Order Order from a menu written only in the script.
- Vowel Builder Vowel signs in Hindi, Malayalam and Arabic, built by hand.
- Join-up Build words from pieces and watch them join.
- Name Plate Your name in the script, letter by letter.
- Map Reader A map labeled only in the script.
- Speed Read As many words as you can read in a minute.
Sources
Literature
Stories from Tolstoy's Reading Primer
Tolstoy, Written 1871–72; published November 1872, Yasnaya Polyana
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Schools and teachingFables and proverbsWriting and scripts
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Stories from Tolstoy's Reading PrimerМуравей спустился къ ручью: захотѣлъ напиться. Волна захлеснула его и…Tolstoy · Written 1871–72; published November 1872 · Russian
Tolstoy
Written 1871–72; published November 1872
Russian
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